PRESS RELEASE Of interest to editors and journalists covering: Telecom, VoIP, Internet/DotCom, Software, Computing, CA Business News Dialpad Announces New Discount VoIP Calling Plans to Europe Additional Savings of up to 40% Off Dialpad's Always Low Internet Telephony Rates MILPITAS, Calif. - August 9, 2004 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Dialpad Communications(R), Inc. (www.dialpad.com), a leading global provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, announced today the launch of a new line of discount calling plans to Europe. Customers can now save up to an additional 40% on all calls to over 30 countries in Europe, including calls to mobile phones. With the additional savings, per-minute rates are as low as 1.7 cents to London, 2.3 cents to Paris and Berlin, and 2.9 cents to Madrid, to give a few examples. Users of Dialpad's PC-to-Phone or broadband phone services will be able to sign up for the new plans. "Europe is a large and increasingly important traffic destination for us," said Craig Walker, CEO of Dialpad. "Building on the success of our monthly plans to the U.S. and Canada, we are extending the strategy of offering special savings for a monthly commitment, and targeting people who call Europe frequently. Our goal is to continually develop solutions that meet our customers' needs. These flexible plans allow our users to select a single European country, or the entire region, based on their needs and are tiered to be attractive to both heavy and moderate users." "With a worldwide user base and reputation for providing quality services to users around the world, we are excited to provide solutions that allow our users to save even more money when using Dialpad. We look forward to offering additional plans to different regions in the near future." Dialpad offers single-country and regional discount plans in two basic categories, Savings and Premium. Europe Savings plans provide a discount of 25% on all calls, and have a low monthly fee of either $1.99 for a single country or $4.99 for the region. For customers that call more often, Europe Premium plans give a higher discount of 40% for a fee of either $3.99 for a single country or $9.99 for the region. Countries included in the discount plans are: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. About Dialpad Communications Dialpad Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of high-quality Internet calling services, generating over 300 million calls in more than 200 countries worldwide. Dialpad's patent-pending technology has made it the Internet's best phone call, with a large portfolio of services designed to bring the benefits of VoIP to all consumers around the world. The company is based in Milpitas, CA and can be reached at http://www.dialpad.com. Dialpad Communications and Dialpad are trademarks of Dialpad Communications, Inc., and are registered in certain jurisdictions. Media Contact: Brian Hutchins of Dialpad Communications, Inc. +1-408-635-1011 brian@dialpad.com /Note to editors: logos and images available. / # # # [ source of news = Dialpad Communications, Inc.] ref: http://www.send2press.com/2archive/2004/pr04-080901-dialpad.txt http://www.send2press.com/2archivePDF/pr04-080901-dialpad.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- *IMPORTANT NOTE TO MEDIA: to reach the organization releasing this news, please contact: brian@dialpad.com (media only) If used for publication, please send specimen copy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- S2PR-NP/ 5C / CA / San Jose, California / USA / English Copr. (c) 2004 Send2Press Newswire. This release was issued on behalf of the above organization, who is solely responsible for accuracy of content, by Send2Press(TM), a unit of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com [www.CaliforniaNewswire.com] keywords -------- VoIP, Internet Telephony, PC-to-Phone, Broadband Phone, Dialpad, Dial Pad, Dial-Pad Software, net phone